In both states it is constituted for ten sub-regions differenced by the soil (great part of it is sandy and poor), vegetal covering, duration period and flood and also by the fantastic density. Among the regions, Paiaguás, Barão de Melgaço, Poconé, and Cárceres, are notable.

Pantanal in Mato Grosso, alluvium extent flat ground, periodically flooded by Paraguai River and its rivers, constitutes one of biggest wealth of Flora and Fauna of Occidental Hemisphere. Several factors operate in the equilibrium of this vast complex, since the form of occupation of rivers source, which keep its hidrographic cycle, until the orientation of human occupation inside its geographic basis and surround areas.

...: FAUNA
Pantanal in Mato Grosso, due to its environmental conditions of exceptional varieties, is one of the richest ecological refuges in the world, natural and primitive habitat, with the most diversified fauna of Americas. The region, basically with two annual seasons, rain and dry season, presents propitious conditions for infinity of ecological nich, allowing each specie multiplies naturally.

In consequence of its waters, Pantanal gets full of animals living, in preference, in aquatic environment. That´s why its gets a great variety of etiologic fauna. We can see a natural respect for the animal world that is around it, with the conviction of remaining a paradise.

The birds are one of the most exuberant things. In general, they are found in big groups all over the areas; in the bays, streams, nesting areas or great formation during the flight.

The Pantanal fauna is not composed by only birds, but it is also very rich in animals, and the most known animals are: Jaguar (Pantera Onca); Puma (Filidae concolor); Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus); Capybara (Hidrochoerus hidrachaeris), the biggest rodent in the world; reptiles like the caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare); Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus). Poachers, because of the high price of caiman skin for a long time, chased the caimans. Nowadays, those things don´t happen anymore. There are farms raising caimans and the international markets prefer the meet from captivity – the quality of their skins are superior in relation to the wild ones.

...: FLORA
The complex of Pantanal is the vegetation where it is possible to find species from savanna, flooded lands and Amazon flora, due to the high Paraguay and the rivers source of Amazon bay. The savanna occupies the biggest area, extending for almost all over Pantanal, besides occupying plateaus and mountains in the neigborhood. The vegetation is a typical savanna field, but sometimes it´s possible to find grass fields with a few savanna trees.

The Medra, Capim mimoso (Paratheria prostata), Pantanal rice (Oriza Subulata), Capim de Praia (Paspalum fascinculatum), all kinds of grass, are apprecciated by the cattle. In general these fields are set in down and wetter lands and the savannas in upper and drier lands. During the rain season, those down fields can be completely flooded and the upper land became little islands, where we can find many vegetal species such as: Yellow or Pink Ipê (regional name: piúva), Cambará (Vochysia sp.), Figueira (Figus sp.), Paratudo (Tecoma caraiba), Louro (Cordia sp.) Cumbaru (Dipteraxalata sp.).

In the Pantanal landscape, we also can find a beautiful and tall palm tree named Carandá and two more common in the region: Buriti (Copernicia sp.) and the Bacuri (Platerata sp.). There is also the vegetation whose farmers consider them noxious plants, as Assa-peixe (Vernonia sp.), Pombeiro and Algodoeiro. They are spread around the savannas.

In the bays, rivers and streams, we can find the Aguapé (Eichornia sp.), the most common aquatic plant in Pantanal. Pantanal is really a paradise with all kinds of vegetation from all over the continent. It´s a botanical landscape filled in with rivers, streams and a wonderful view.

Preserve the Pantanal!

It sees some Images

* Click in the photo to extend